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2021-04-07

[N] As Majority Leader be circumspect with your utterances

2021-03-19

[N] It Is A Blatant Lie That I’ve Declared My Prez Ambition-Agric Minister
[N] House of Chiefs calls for collaboration with MMDCEs for development
[N] Baby Harvesting: More suspects picked
[N] Police pledge commitment to bringing Sheikh Maikano’s murderers to book
[N] Desist from starting race ahead of time - Obiri Boahen to NPP presidential
[N] Gov’t announces construction of five interchanges in Ashanti
[N] Controversial textbooks: NPP urges NaCCA to enforce rules without fear or favour
[N] Staff working on Tamale interchange call off strike
[N] Newly proposed taxes a huge hindrance to businesses’ recovery
[N] Government can’t take a unilateral decision on salaries for public workers
[N] Ghana records 2 new Covid-19 variants; experts call for immediate action

2021-03-17

[N] Ghana records 698 COVID-19 deaths
[N] NDC’s Ofosu Ampofo behaves like a toddler – Allotey Jacobs
[N] Ama Benyiwaa Doe slams Allotey Jacobs; says he has no influence
[N] Approving Akufo-Addo’s ministers ‘regrettable and unfortunate’ – NDC caucus
[N] Eastern Regional Hospital detains 246 patients for non-settlement of bills
[N] COVID-19 vaccination in Ghana: 1,000 reports received on adverse effects
[N] Ignore reports of rift between local, foreign staff at AfCFTA secretariat – Govt
[N] Remain calm, support our leadership in Parliament – NDC Council of Elders
[N] Ghana hasn’t recorded any case of blood clots from COVID-19 vaccination – FDA
[N] 9-year-old boy burnt to death as stepfather sets house ablaze

2021-03-16

[N] COVID-19: Continue using AstraZeneca vaccine – WHO
[N] Publisher, Badu Nkansah, apologises for ‘offensive Ewe’ textbooks
[N] Parliament’s Volta Caucus condemns ethnocentric publication in history book
[N] Ghanaians to pay tax for Covid-19 ‘free water’ enjoyed to fill economic gap

2021-03-15

[N] NaCCA orders withdrawal of unapproved textbooks
[N] Brain tumor patient appeals for GH¢ 30,000.00 for surgery
[N] AIMS Forum to mark International Mathematics Day
[N] Tema Sewer System: Ambitious project to address predicament
[N] A 21-year-old man stabbed to death at Effia
[N] Estate developers laud government’s decision to aid rent advance payments
[N] Let’s prioritize STEM; It’s the new niche for education policy – Ntim Fordjour
[N] 12 new deaths push toll 679; active cases now 3,994
[N] Over 400,000 Ghanaians vaccinated so far – Oppong Nkrumah
[N] Prof Allotey’s 9 Aug birthday must be made National Maths Day – Prince Armah
[N] Telecom workers to embark on strike from today
[N] NDC won the 2020 election hands down – Hannah Bissiw claims
[N] Asiedu Nketia should be NDC running mate for NDC victory 2024 – Atubiga
[N] Rawlings kept over 20 wild dogs at his Ridge Residence alone – Hannah Bissiw
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General News

[ 2021-02-28 ]

2nd batch of COVID-19 vaccines arriving in Ghana in 2 weeks
The Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr Anthony
Nsiah Asare says Ghana will take delivery of the
second batch of COVID-19 vaccines within the next
two weeks.
He said the government will be buying the vaccines
through direct sources, adding that the government
already has a budget in place to purchase these
vaccines.



He made this known in a radio interview on Accra
based Joy FM, during its Saturday Newsfile
programme February 27, 2021.

“The vaccines will be coming in a week or two.
It may be a combination of what the government is
buying directly and what we have also from the
COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX).
We are at a very advanced stage to get the one the
government is buying as well as the one coming
from the COVAX facility”, he stated.

He explained that the government was not paying
for vaccines from the COVAX facility but it is
paying for the deployment.

In addition, he said the private health sector
will not be allowed to purchase and administer the
vaccines to its clients as it is not for sale.



Background

Ghana Wednesday, February 24, 2021, took delivery
of 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19
vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India
(Covishield).

The 600,000 doses is the first consignment of
vaccines acquired through the COVID-19 Vaccine
Global Access Facility (COVAX) which Ghana, among
92 countries, has signed unto.


Ghana is the first country in the world to receive
COVID-19 vaccines as part of the COVAX initiative
to ensure equitable access for everyone.

The COVID-19 vaccination will begin on March 2 and
will be conducted in phases and in segments of the
population.



The first segment of the population to receive the
doses are health workers, adults 60 years and
over, people with underlying health conditions,
frontline executive, legislature, judiciary and
their related staff, frontline security personnel,
some religious leaders, essential workers,
teachers and other persons in the Greater Accra
Metropolitan Area including Kasoa in the Central
Region and the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan and
Obuasi areas.

Source - Graphic Online



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